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Featured Resource: Global Issues in Context

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Getting Started: Social Sciences

These general reference sources are a good place to do background reading or begin your research. For a complete list of databases, see the Digital Resources List.

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Access Science
Digital version of McGraw-Hill's Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, research updates, definitions, multimedia, illustrations, graphics, and biographies.
ACM Digital Library
A full-text collection of all ACM publications, including journals, conference proceedings, technical magazines, newsletters, books, & reports. PLUS the ACM Guide to Computing Literature, a comprehensive bibliographic database focused exclusively on the field of computing.
Black Thought & Culture
Non-fiction writings by major American black leaders, covering 250 years of history. Includes previously inaccessible material, including letters, speeches, prefatory essays, political leaflets, interviews, periodicals, and trial transcripts
Britannica Online Academic
Online encyclopedia with background information on every topic, facts & figures, video, images, timelines, world data, and a world atlas.
CredoReference
Encyclopedias, dictionaries, biographies, chronologies, speeches and images from all areas of academic study.
Global Issues in Context
Articles, background information, news, and multimedia resources on global issues, including famine, globalization, world trade, global warming, human rights, politics, and women's studies.
Points of View
Great place to start your research and explore topics for further study. Essays present an overview and both sides of current issues, and articles explore the topic in the news.
Women & Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000
Primary sources and supporting materials regarding the published histories and records of women's reform organizations in the US between the 17th and 20th centuries.

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Use any combination of the following terms to search the Fontbonne Library Classic Catalog (for books, DVDs, eBooks, etc.); you can also use them to get started with our Discovery Search or any of the library's subject-specific Digital Resources.

TED Talks: Government

New TED Talks on politics and related subjects are being made all the time. Learn more at http://www.ted.com.

TED: Ideas worth spreading

In politics, representation matters — and that's why we should elect leaders who reflect their country's diversity and embrace its multicultural tapestry, says Sayu Bhojwani. Through her own story of becoming an American citizen, the immigration scholar reveals how her love and dedication to her country turned into a driving force for political change. "We have fought to be here," she says, calling immigrant voices to action. "It's our country, too."